RAVAGE, the traditional heavy metal rockers from Boston, Massachusetts have released “Spider on the World”.

RAVAGE, the traditional heavy metal rockers from Boston, Massachusetts have released “Spider on the World“, the band’s first album of all-new material since 2009’s “The End Of Tomorrow” which was released by Metal Blade Records.

“Spider on the World” is available now on an extremely limited collector’s edition double vinyl and also through paid digital download and streaming on all platforms worldwide through the band’s own Thrash With Power Records label.

The new record was mixed and mastered by Peter Rutcho who is known for his work with Revocation, Havok, Cellador, and Danny Elfman amongst others. It features the band’s signature blend of traditional metal stylings which weaves together elements of melodic, heavy, speed, power and thrash metal music..

Cover and interior artworks for the record were created by the legendary Andreas Marschall, known for his work on classic records by Kreator, Blind Guardian, Sodom, Hammerfall and others.

Singer Al Ravage commented:

“It’s finally here. We’re very excited to share this new slate of very powerful metal music with everyone. This record has obviously been a very long time in the making and we’ve worked hard to make the release as special as possible.

We want to thank the great Andreas Marschall for creating two great artworks for us and Peter Rutcho for his great production work as always.

Musically, I think this contains our best work and it’s easily our best-sounding record. I don’t think there’s a bad song in the bunch, but we’ll let you be the judge. If you like throwback metal presented with a crisp, modern production with lots of ripping guitar leads, gripping riffs and in-your-face melodic hooks, check it out.

Ravage the Earth and Ravage In Peace in 2024!

The spider has arrived!”

The band has released advance video singles for the songs “Manmade Ice Age”, “Ravage In Peace” and the title track “Spider on the World”, with more video releases planned in the near future.

A ten-track version of the record is now available for paid download and streaming while the special limited collector’s edition double color vinyl features extended tracks, two additional vinyl-exclusive songs – “World War Four” and “Ravage Part 2: Ravage The Earth”, a digital download card, and special extras like a collectible Ravage guitar pick. The vinyl can be ordered through the band’s merchandise site

Ravage Merchandise Store

RAVAGE – “Spider On The World” Tracklist

1.Manmade Ice Age
2.The Call to Order
3.Sign of the Spider
4.Ravage in Peace
5.Without A Trace
6.Amazon Burning
7.Corruption of Blood
8.Spider on the World
9.From The Mouth of Pain
10.Face of Infamy

Ravage Band Line-Up:

Al Ravage – Vokills 
Eli Firicano – Lead and Rhythm Guitar 
Nick Izzo – Lead and Rhythm Guitar 
Toni Belchior – Drums 
Tommy G – Bass

Ravage’s last full length release was “Return Of The Spectral Rider” a re-recording of the band’s 2005 “Spectral Rider” album.

Ravage – “Spider On The World” animated lyric video

Ravage – “Ravage in Peace” video

Ravage – “Manmade Ice Age” video

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Biography

RAVAGE formed in Boston, Massachusetts, USA in the mid 90’s seeking to produce exciting, kick-ass music and offer an engaging live performance inspired by the classic metal heroes of yesteryear but with a fresh and modern edge. As many of the genre’s legacy acts begin to disappear, Ravage 
continues on, offering a new voice for traditional metal. Ravage has always ignored passing trends to instead offer a sound that unquestionably falls within the bounds of heavy metal and thrash, while remaining uniquely distinguishable from any band that has preceded them.

Ravage’s latest release “Spider On The World” will follow in the same mold. The record has a crisp modern production courtesy of the band and metal productions master Pete Rutcho of Damage Studios who has mixed albums for Revocation, Danny Elfman, havok and others.

Ravage’s core line-up from the original recording remains intact with founding vocalist Al Ravage and his brother, guitarist Eli Firicano combining with long-time guitarist Nick Izzo. Al Ravage’s unique vocal stylings and the guitarist’s dual lead guitar assault are complimented by the crushing rhythm section of drummer Toni Belchior and bassist Tommy G.

Ravage has toured the United States and Europe, playing in 17 countries and 30 states. The band has appeared at international festivals including the Headbager’s Open Air, Magic Circle Festival, and Swordbrothers Festivals in Germany, Legions of Metal Fest, New Mexico Metalfest and True Metal America festivals in the United States.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 9, 2024) — Babylon A.D. announce their brand new studio album “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day” to be released May 17th on Perris Records.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (April 9, 2024) — Babylon A.D. announce their brand new studio album “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day” to be released May 17th on Perris Records. It’s been 6 years since the last studio album “Revelation Highway” came out and the band has grown a lot since then. The live album that was released last year, ”Live Lightning” really super-charged the band to get back on their game and they really put a lot of time and effort into the album and it really paid off. The band had over 20 songs to choose from and they picked what they believe are the best 11 tracks to represent the band’s sound and direction.

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Songs like the opening adrenaline rushed driving track, “Wrecking Machine”, the slow burn metal rocker “Pain”, and the atmospheric “Crashed Into The Sun”, really capture the bands diversity of musical tastes and the input of the band members contributions. While songs like “Face Of GOD”, “I Will Never Break Again” and “Sometimes Love Is Hell” are all great ballad musical arrangements and really have some interesting lyrical content and visual story telling that Vocalist/Songwriter Derek Davis has written for the listener. The big hook choruses the band is known for like the title track “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day”, “White Hot Bullet and the very melodic track “Looking For A Heartbeat” reminisce their first album.

Derek Davis is really excited about the new record, “The fans are really gonna love the new Babylon A.D. album. You know what they say’ “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day” and this album took some time but “man was it worth the wait! We got real lucky to have Grammy award winner David Donnelly ‘DNA Mastering’ to master the album, he’s done many top records we’ve all heard, ‘Motley Crue”, Chicago”, Aerosmith”, Slash” and a whole lot more bands we all know. This guy has got a great ear and knows his turf.”

Tom Mathers, Perris Records President shared his thoughts on the new album, “The new “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day” studio CD is what the Babylon A.D. fans have been waiting for. It is like the band went back in time and captured the style and influence of their debut “Self titled” release on Arista Records. The opening track “Wrecking Machine” is a hard driving rocker & “Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day” has a HUGE killer chorus that you will be singing along with. This release guarantees every Babylon A.D. fan will not be disappointed.”

Babylon A.D. can’t wait to start playing the songs live and have some very exciting shows coming up, The ‘Whisky Go A Go’ in June and ‘Monsters On The Mountain’ in August in Gatlinburg Tennessee.

Upcoming Babylon A.D. Tour Dates:

May 18th – Retro Junkie – Walnut Creek CA

June 7th – Whisky go Go – Hollywood CA

Aug 3rd – Fulton 55 – Fresno CA

Aug 25th – Monster On Mountain – Gatlinburg TN

Sept 21st – Horsefest – Newark CA

CD available at:
AMAZON: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CYNBRHJ9
AEC/WOW HD https://www.wowhd.co.uk/rome-wasnt-built-in-a-day/670573060529
PERRIS RECORDS: https://perrisrecords.com/babylon-a-d
WOWHD worldwide Free Shipping: https://perrisrecords.com/wowhd
GERMANY: https://www.prideandjoy.de
JAPAN: https://aor-paradise.com/
JAPAN: https://diskunion.net

Track listing and songwriters:

1. Wrecking Machine 4:16 *D. Davis – J. Matthews*
2. Pain 4:09 *D. Davis – J. Matthews – R. Freschi*
3. Sometimes Love Is Hell 5:25 *D. Davis*
4. Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day 4:27 *D. Davis*
5. Looking For A Heartbeat 4:21 *D. Davis – R. Freschi*
6. I Will Never Break Again 7:00 *D. Davis – J. Matthews*
7. White Hot Bullet 3:45 *D. Davis*
8. Crashed Into The Sun 4:52 *D. Davis – R. Freschi – D. Soto – C. Pepe*

9. Face Of GOD 6:30 *D. Davis*
10. Shut Up 4:31 *D. Davis – D. Soto – C. Pepe*
11. Super Beast 3:43 *R. Freschi – J. Matthews – D. Soto*

Album details:
Produced, Mixed, Engineered by Derek Davis @
The BADMOFO’s Recording Studio, Pleasanton, CA.
Drums recorded by Gabriel Shepard @ 25th Studios Oakland CA.
Mastered By David Donnelly, DNA Mastering Los Angeles CA.
Photos – Angela Probst – Studio A

Vintage Artwork Concept Design – Derek Davis

Band Members

Derek Davis – Vocals, Keyboard, Guitar
Ron Freschi – Lead Guitar, Background vocals
John Mattews – Lead Guitar
Craig Pepe – Bass, Background vocals
Dylan Soto – Drums / Background vocals

Background vocals *I Will Never Break Again* Lane Borchard

About Babylon A.D.

Formed in 1987, Babylon A.D. hail from the San Francisco Bay Area, CA. Original members, Derek Davis vocalist/songwriter, guitarist’s and music writers John Mathews
and Ron Freschi drummer James Pacheco and bassist Rob Reid met in high school before they began playing together as “The Persuaders” making a name for themselves with their powerful live performances and catchy songwriting skills becoming one of the top drawing original Hard Rock bands in the Northern CA.

In 1989 the band changed their name to “Babylon A.D.” and caught the attention of Arista Records President and industry music mogul “Clive Davis”, who signed them at a live showcase in Los Angeles thanks to their impressive three song demo and a home made video. John Mattews departed the band and was replaced by another high school friend Dan De La Rosa just before their self-titled album “Babylon A.D.” was released in 1990. The album included their hard rock classic hits “Bang Go The Bells”, “Hammer Swings Down” and “The Kid Goes Wild”, which featured Screaming “Sam Kinison” and was the trailer song and promotional video for Orion Pictures (ROBO COP 2). The band scored three #1 songs at Metal Radio and reached Gold status on their first release, which spent 38 weeks on the Billboard top 200, peaking at # 46. Their sophomore effort (Nothing Sacred) was produced by the legendary “Tom Werman” and released in 1992, it produced two more top-ten metal rockers. “Bad Blood” and “So Savage the Heart”. Constant touring throughout the early 1990s and several MTV videos made them
one of hard rock fans favorite bands.

In 1999 the band and released “Live In Your Face” on Apocalypse Records, a compilation of live tracks recorded at various cities’ across America. Their next release “American Blitzkrieg” soon followed in 2002 and both records were well received by critics and fans alike. In 2008 the band released Babylon A.D. “In The Beginning” on Perris Records, a compilation of songs from the original demo tapes that secured them their recording contract with Arista Records.

After a long hiatus the band started playing and recording again in 2014. Touring across the States and Europe releasing the four song E.P “Lost Sessions”. in 2018 John Matthews rejoined the group and the band signed with Frontiers Records for their forth studio release “Revelation Highway” Four singles/ videos and more touring followed
through the beginning of 2020. In 2022 original members James Pacheco and Robb Reid left the band for other pursuits remaining connected to the bands legacy and part of a brotherhood of friendship that has lasted for over 30 years!

PRESENT DAY…
Fast forward to 2023, BABYLON A.D. announced new members Craig Pepe (bass) and Dylan Soto (drums) and a new live concert album “Live Lightning” from Perris Records.
The new album included their top-ten rock-radio classic hits from their debut album as well as songs from “Nothing Sacred”, “American Blitzkrieg”, and “Revelation Highway”.

As 2024 begins the band is set to release their 5th studio album on Perris Records titled
“Rome Wasn’t Built In A Day” on May 17th. The 11 track album is classic Babylon A.D. firing on all cylinders, showcasing great songwriting talent, performances and the hard rock sound the band is known for. New videos and singles are coming and the band is currently booking and playing select live shows across the states in support of the new album.

About Perris Records

Perris Records has been in business over 29 years distributing and promoting the label’s hard rock bands such as Helix, Stephen Pearcy, L.A. Guns, Babylon A.D., Bang Tango, Enuff Z’Nuff, Heaven’s Edge, Roxx Gang, Dirty Looks to name a few. Perris Records is distributed worldwide by Select-O-Hits (Sam Phillips Jr. – Sun Records family), ALLIANCE (AEC) distribution & WOWHD.COM. WOWHD.COM ships to Australia, Denmark, Germany, Canada, France, Ireland, Japan, New Zealand, Sweden, The Netherlands & United Kingdom (UK).WOWHD Direct Link at Perris Records (Special links showing all Perris titles available at WOWHD in their selected country):

perrisrecords.com/wowhd

Links to Website and All Socials 

https://babylonadband.com/
https://www.facebook.com/Babylonadband/
https://www.instagram.com/babylonad_/
http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpQVt2LWl21avPsyLstHJEA

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http://www.facebook.com/PerrisRecords/
http://www.perrisrecords.com

GEEZER BUTLER TO BE INTERVIEWED BY BRIAN POSEHN AT UPCOMING “FILLING THE VOID” EVENT

One of the most revealing metal autobiographies of recent times was certainly Geezer Butler’s popular ‘Into the Void.’ And many Colorado-based rockers are sure to flock to the Gothic Theatre on May 22, 2024 in Englewood, for a night of discussion with Black Sabbath’s legendary bassist, Geezer Butler, who will be joined by comedian Brian Posehn to discuss his book, life, and career – for an event being billed as ‘Filling the Void.’

In addition to the conversation between Brian and Geezer, Geezer will also be taking part in a Q&A with the audience and also signing attendees’ books, so feel free to bring your copy along. Tickets can be purchased for the event starting April 8th, via this link:
https://www.axs.com/events/540679/geezer-butler-brian-posehn-tickets

Concerning ‘Into the Void,’ countless esteemed publications praised it, including Mojo hailing it as “An epic odyssey of one of rock’s unlikeliest stars,” the Daily Express calling it “A gritty autobiography,” and the Financial Times adding it is “An entertaining memoir about decibels and debauchery on the road with Sabbath.” The book also came in at #2 on the London Times’ best seller list.

Geezer Butler served as Black Sabbath’s bassist for the majority of the years since their 1968 inception in Birmingham, England, as well as serving as the band’s chief lyricist – which in turn, played a major role in the creation of heavy metal. Additionally, his unmistakable bass playing served as an influence on such subsequent renowned four-string players as Metallica’s Cliff Burton, Pantera’s Rex Brown, and Type O Negative’s Peter Steele, among others.

As a writer/actor/stand-up comic, Brian Posehn has starred in multiple stand-up specials, and has appeared on the popular Disney Plus show The Mandalorian, the acclaimed Netflix show Lady Dynamite, FX’s You’re The Worst and in his recurring roles on The Big Bang Theory and New Girl. He was one of the stars of Comedy Central’s popular show, The Sarah Silverman Program. He has also appeared on such seminal sitcoms as Seinfeld, NewsRadio, Everybody Loves Raymond, Friends, The Neighborhood and a recurring role on Just Shoot Me.

And Geezer is very much looking forward to the event. “I can’t wait to see how the evening unfolds, as Brian is both incredibly funny and a super-passionate rock fan! It’s a rare opportunity for us to come face to face with fans and answer some of their burning questions!”

And on May 22, 2024 at the Gothic Theatre, the worlds of comedy and metal will collide in what will most certainly be an unforgettable night of laughs and storytelling, with ‘Filling the Void.’

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BURNING LEGION – Inside their relentless attack of metal and the new “En Sabah Nur” CD on the latest episode of the Metal Mayhem ROC podcast on YouTube

BURNING LEGION is a heavy metal online studio band formed in 2022. After the release of bassist Mayhem’s solo album “Unbroken”, guitarists Erik Fernandez and Adrian Moya joined forces with bassist Mayhem to form Burning Legion.Burning Legion is made up of band members from California (Mayhem and Adrian Moya) and from Connecticut (Erik Fernandez).

On this episode, we speak with guitarist Erik Fernandez and get the back story on this relentless group of musicians. Show host Southern Cal and Erik discuss the origins of the young band, their musical influences and the process involved to make a “remote” recording.

As the band just released their new 7 song CD “En Sabah Nur” on April 3rd, 2024, Erik and Southern Cal discuss the new single ” I Am Domination”, as well as the direction of the new CD. Its a quick but very insightful look at a new and hungry band.

Burning Legion draws influence from all aspects of metal. The band has been described to be very difficult to place in a genre. One thing is for sure, the band brings the heavy. The band’s goal was to create heavy music for fans from all the genres and subgenres of heavy music.

The band’s Influences run from Black Sabbath, Pantera, Trivium, Vader, Morbid Angel, Iron Maiden, At the Gates to Testament and many others. Burning Legion is not afraid to cross and blend genres to give the listener and their fans something different with every track.

00:00 Opening and band Introduction. 
00:58 Process behind the “remote” recording process. 
01:52 History of the band. 
02:50 Review of the single “I am Domination” with reflections, as well as touring news and band members biographies. 
04:30 Discussion on the new 7 song CD “En Sabah Nur”. 
12:00 Personal musical influences. 
15:00 Views on Metallica ” Then and Now”.

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SWEDISH THRASH MANIACS METHANE TO SUPPORT WHIPLASH ON 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF POWER AND PAIN

Swedish thrashers Methane continue breaking new ground in the European scene announce new shows with Whiplash this summer as it celebrates 40 years of the bands “Power and Pain” album. WHIPLASH’s tour is a testament to their enduring legacy, especially marked by their classic thrash album ‘Power and Pain’, which continues to reverberate through the heavy metal music scene worldwide. Lead by the indomitable Tony Portaro, the band’s mastermind, WHIPLASH is set to ignite stages across Europe with their signature blend of power and intensity.

In a heartfelt statement, Tony Portaro shared his sentiments:

“Everyone’s life is filled with both powerful and painful moments. My life is no exception. When I express my music, I can overcome any pain I have experienced because you give me that power. I am grateful and honored to bring you my pain. Thank you for letting me unleash my power on stage. I invite you all to come out and forget your troubles for a moment, and feel the power and the pain!”
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Methane share ties to Whiplash through singer and bassist Tim Scott.

” Years ago members of my former band Revenant  were involved in a reforming of Whiplsh with drummer Tony Scaglione. We used to hangout at the same bar in Clifton, NJ back then with Tony. Later on Methane’s first tour in the U.S. , we played with and became friends with Tony Potaro and the present Whiplash.” ” Power and Pain was one of my favorite albums in the 80’s, I even hand painted the cover on the back of a jacket I wore back then. So from a fan boys perspective I can’t tell you how excited I was when we were asked to play these gigs.”

Nouvelle signature !!! Charcoal signe avec M&O label.

[[ NOUVEAU GROUPE ]]

Le label M&O Music est fier d’accueillir le groupe Charcoal – Rocks dans son roster, pour la sortie de leur nouvel EP “Rocks” qui paraîtra le 3 mai .

Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dege9e01vQI

Samedi 6 avril : Mennecy – Le Stock (w/ Mister Lizzy)

Vendredi 3 Mai : Savigny sur Orge – MJC : Apero metal / release party

Samedi 1er juin : Savigny le Temple – L’Empreinte (Thin Lizzy Fest #2 w/ That’s My Jam, Dizzy Lizzy & Grand Slam)

Mercredi 26 juin : Clisson – Hellfest Le OFF

Samedi 31 août : La Ferté sous Jouarre – Fertois Metal Fest 6

Samedi 26 octobre : Vouzier – Festival Metal Vouziers

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THE RODS have released their new fan collaboration lyric video for the song “Metal Highways” from their latest album “Rattle The Cage”.

Drummer / Producer Carl Canedy comments:

“Once we began working on the concept for our next 2 videos, the video editor suggested, that for the first video, we reach out to the the fans and have them submit photos of themselves with the band, The Rods memorabilia, tattoos and footage of the band performing, etc”.

“The response was so overwhelming that we decided to use that concept for two separate videos. Our video editor is very creative and it really shows in the completed videos. To me, it’s reminiscent of watching the moving paintings in the Harry Potter movie. It may not be everyone’s cup of tea, but the many fans who participated are going to love it!”

“Rattle The Cage” produced by The Rods, and mixed / mastered by Chris Collier (Mick Mars, Whitesnake, Last in Line) was released by Massacre Records (Germany) on January 19, 2024.

“Rattle The Cage” features veteran members David “Rock” Feinstein (guitar/vocals), Carl Canedy (drums), and is the studio debut of Freddy Villano (bass/backing vocals).

In addition, Carl Canedy is scheduled to release his autobiography, “Tales of a Wild Dog“, on April 4, 2024.

Carl has also made a name for himself as the producer on some of thrash metal’s earliest albums: Anthrax’s “Fistful of Metal”, “Armed and Dangerous” and “Spreading the Disease”, Overkill’s “Feel the Fire”, Exciter’s “Violence and Force”, Helstar’s “Burning Star” and many other iconic albums.

The 300-page book, courtesy of New Haven Publishing, will also feature commentary from many artists, such as Joey Belladonna of Anthrax, Dan Beehler of Exciter, Jeff Plate of Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Dan Lilker of Nuclear Assault, Jeff Becerra of Possessed, James Rivera of Helstar, and many others.

For all the latest The Rods news, music, social media sites, merchandise and tour dates, visit the band’s official LinkTree:

The Rods official LinkTree site

Danny Lilker returns with Anthrax!!!

ANTHRAX has announced that, due to personal reasons, bassist Frank Bello will not be able to accompany the band on its upcoming South American tour, set to kick off April 13, 2024 at MXMF The Metal Fest in Mexico City.

Filling in on those dates, as well as two U.S. festival shows in May, will be Anthrax founding member and original bassist Dan Lilker, marking his first appearance with the band in 40 years.

Lilker, who co-wrote and played on Anthrax’s debut album “Fistful Of Metal”, was also a member of STORMTROOPERS OF DEATH with Charlie Benante and Scott Ian.

In this exclusive interview with Metal Mayhem ROC, lilker shares for the first time exactly how long this Anthrax “Reunion” has been in the works,and how he was contacted about possibly filling in for Frankie Bello.

Danny shares his excitement for playing with Joey Belladonna and John Donais for the first time along with learning the newer Anthrax material.

Danny mentions that this will be the first time playing live some of the material he helped write in the early 80s.

There is set list teases, great personal reflections on his time in Anthrax, Nuclear Assault and S.O.D., as well as extensive commentary on the political correctness of Speak English or Die back in the 80’s.

Great insight from one of Heavy Metals true “down to earth” metal veterans.

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BraveWords Records Announces the Signing of Chris Slade and His Band THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE

TORONTO, CANADA (March 20, 2024) — BraveWords Records is excited to announce the signing of THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE. Look for THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE to release their first title for BraveWords Records in 2024. “Metal” Tim Henderson from BraveWords Records talking about the signing, “The legendary Chris Slade continues to leave us thunderstruck as he reinvents the rock world with a unique proggy orchestral vision of intense magnitude. To put it simply, the drummer still means business nearly 60 years into his remarkable music career.”

Chris Slade launched the band ‘THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE’ to mark 50+ years as a professional rock drummer. For this project, Slade took on phenomenal vocalists STEVE GLASSCOCK and PAUL “BUN” DAVIS with the added stunning musical techniques of guitarist JAMES CORNFORD and keyboard and guitar player MICHAEL J. CLARK with ANDY CROSBY on Bass you most certainly have a band to be reckoned with and worthy to mark Slade’s illustrious musical career.

This is a concept for Slade that will include performances from a varied set list from Tom Jones, Manfred Mann’s Earthband, Uriah Heep, The Firm, ASIA, MSG, David Gilmour, Gary Moore along with a fair degree of AC/DC numbers and many surprises to be unwrapped along the way.

“After all these years recording and playing with some of the world’s greatest rock musicians such as Tom Jones, Manfred Mann’s Earthband, Gary Moore, Gary Numan, Denny Laine, Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers, David Gilmour, Uriah Heep, Asia and of course AC/DC, I am delighted to join BraveWords Records headed up by my old associate Brian Adams to release our new THE CHRIS SLADE TIMELINE album of completely original new tracks and some of our favourite covers. I hope you will listen to and enjoy this latest offering of new music to all fans of TIMELINE and all fans from my past musical career.” – CHRIS SLADE

About Chris Slade:

Chris Slade was a founding member of Manfred Mann’s Earth Band in January of 1971. He was to spend seven years with the band, recording eight albums and achieving three UK Top Ten singles in the process: ”Joybringer’ (No. 9, October 1973), ‘Blinded By The Light’ (No. 6, September 1976 & a multi million selling #1 in the USA) and ‘Davy’s On The Road Again’ (No.6, June 1978).

He later teamed up with Jimmy Page, Paul Rodgers and bassist Tony Franklin to form “The Firm” at the end of 1984. The Firm, produced two excellent albums for Atlantic in 1985 and 1986 that gave them a few radio hits including “Radioactive” and “Satisfaction Guaranteed.”

Then Chris joined up with Gary Moore on a temporary basis, taking over from Cozy Powell just four days before the start of the 1989 ‘After The War’ tour. It was at one of Gary Moore’s gigs in The UK that Malcolm Young saw Chris Slade play. After the tour it was Chris’s intention to put together a band with ex-Aerosmith guitarist Rick Dufay. But the call from AC/DC scuppered those plans as he was destined to tour and record with them over the course of the next five years, playing on their acclaimed “Razors Edge” Album, and giving a killer performance on their concert DVD “Live from Donington”.

After his stint with AC/DC Chris joined up with 80’s prog-rock band “Asia”, who (even with the many personnel changes over the years) had still been managing to churn out some excellent music. Chris recorded with them on their 2000-2004 studio recordings, “Aura” and “Silent Nation”, and put forth his “trademark” energy-filled live performances on all the subsequent tours that ensued.

About BraveWords Records:
There is a serious void which desperately needs to be filled, hard-working and creative bands that have yet to find a partnership and a mutual vision with a professional team. The music-fuelled minds behind BraveWords Records, Brian Adams, Giles Lavery, Tim Henderson and Michael Brandvold, have built the ultimate home for an artist that will take you where you want to be. Collectively, with nearly 100 years of music industry experience under our belts, the BraveWords Records team will take care of all the crucial aspects of your project from global distribution (digital and physical), publicity and media coverage (web, radio, visual), social media blanketing and streaming opportunities (such as Streaming For Vengeance). Where most labels have forgotten the concept of actually marketing a release sensibly, BraveWords Records will construct a viable and comprehensive marketing plan, including visibility at BraveWords.com, which attracts a million visitors monthly. BraveWords Records has all senses on high alert as the music industry continues its never-ending transitioning, so the artist will always be aware of new opportunities to build their brand and strive for world domination. BraveWords will also have a focus on licensing film and TV content, both contemporary and retrospective across many genres. As artists and labels transition to the many new mediums available today for their work, BraveWords intends to stay ahead of the curve in providing and actively seeking opportunities for our roster of clients.

With the rapid spread of the world wide web, BraveWords.com was born in 2000 and quickly became the CNN of heavy metal. With its team of global writers and photographers, the site flourished with 24/7 updated news, features, reviews, audio and video steams.

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Bay Area Legends FORBIDDEN Annouce OmegAfest Featuring BIOHAZARD, WARBINGER, EXCITER and Five More Bands.

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (March 19, 2024) — Bay Area metal legends FORBIDDEN announce their first annual OmegAfest on May 4, 2024 at The UC Theatre in Berkeley, CA. When Forbidden was reborn last year things got off to a raucous start. One of the first things the band wanted to do is to be able to control their own flow. Choose where, when and what they play.

Thats why they created our own festival…OmegAfest!

OmegAfest 2024 Lineup:

May 4, 2024

The UC Theatre

Berkeley, CA

Biohazard

Forbidden

Warbringer

Exciter

Hatriot

Bewitcher

Death Grave

Frolic

Hellbender

Tickets for OmegAfest are availalbe at: https://www.etix.com/ticket/p/95832592/omega-festbiohazard-forbidden-berkeley-the-uc-theatre

This will be the first of hopefully many more European-like festivals that the band will throw annually at the UC Theater in Berkeley. An amazing venue with a 1,400 capacity, excellent sound, stage & lights.

The idea is they get to hand pick the bands they play with every year covering multiple genres of heavy music. This year they have BIOHAZARD co-headlining with FORBIDDEN. BIOHAZARD’s first gig back in the Bay in 30 years!

Each year moving forward the band will select national acts as well as a few strong up and coming local bands. A genre blend creating a more European style of eclectic talent.

OmegAfest will be FORBIDDEN’s ONLY Bay Area appearance of 2024.

About Forbidden

Originally founded in 1985 as Forbidden Evil by singer Russ Anderson, guitarists Craig Locicero & Robb Flynn, basses John Tegio and drummer Jim Pittman, the quintet started playing house parties and Bay Area clubs such as the Legendary Ruthie’s Inn soon after.

After a couple of lineup changes (Paul Bostaph / drums & Matt Camacho / bass) in ’86, the band quickly rose through the ranks of Bay Area Thrash to gain a massive following and worldwide notoriety.

In 1986, the band added Glen Alvelais as the second guitarist. It was this lineup that cemented itself into the Bay Area scene and soon after recorded 1988 release ‘Forbidden Evil’ for Combat Records changing the band’s name to simply Forbidden.

In May of ’89 while on a European tour with Sacred Reich, Forbidden played their first appearance at the Legendary Dynamo Open Air in Eindhoven, Netherlands. It was here that Forbidden made their European mark and recorded the Raw Evil EP.

The band returned Stateside and replaced Alvelais with Tim Calvert. Calvert was a missing ingredient that brought the band closer together asa team. They continued to tour the U.S. first with Exodus and then again with Sacred Reich with Calvert on second guitar.

The band went on to release Twisted Into Form in 1990, Distortion in 1994 and Green in 1996 however the band having gone though many lineup changes disbanded in 1997.

In 2008 Craig being inspired at a screening of the movie Get Thrashed, called the other members of the band and suggested getting back on stage to see if they could reignite the Forbidden machine. With Anderson, Locicero, Camacho back in the mix along with new additions Glen Alvelais and Gene Hoglan they played two sold out Death Angel shows in San Francisco.

Steve Smyth came into the mix in place of Alvelais and Mark Hernandez took Hoglan’s place, the band then released Omega Wave, the 5th in the catalog and went on a US tour with Overkill. European festivals were next but afterwards Hernandez had to walk away due to personal reasons leading to a tour cancelation.

Sasha Horn was the answer to fill the drummer’s spot.

After playing Bonded By Baloff with Exodus and one Bay Area show, Forbidden embarked for Chile to play the Metal Fest in Santiago. It was on this flight back home that Russ informed the band that he couldn’t tour anymore because of the physical toll it was taking on him. With that, the band dissolved once again for 11 years.

Fast forward to 2023. The once improbable and impossible happened. Forbidden is reforming with new blood! Locicero, Camacho & Smyth remain from the Omega Wave lineup.

New vocalist Norman Skinner will take the elite position that belonged to Russ Anderson. Norman shocked everyone who witnessed his performance of Chalice of Blood with LA thrashers Warbringer accompanying him as the band. It was undeniable to all in attendance. Norman grew up in the Bay Area. His first thrash metal show was seeing Forbidden at the Omni. Russ would point to Norman at shows and call him
“Little Russ” on the mic. It could ONLY be Norman Skinner that stands aside the band.

The Bay Area thrash / punk drum Legend Chris Kontos takes over the drum throne. In a long line of world renown drummers, Kontos is the most logical & qualified man for the job. Bostaph, Jacobs, Hoglan, Hernandez, Horn… World class talents. Now Kontos.

Management / Bookings Contact: Tim Healy – forbiddenmgmt2023@gmail.com

Links to Website and All Socials 

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